I can scarcely account for my refusing to take up my abode with him, unless it were from a disposition to be an economist of pleasure.

Self-denial, seasonably exercised, is one means of enhancing our gratifications.

I was, beside, desirous of administering a fund, and regulating an household, of my own.

The short distance allowed us to exchange visits as often as we pleased.

The walk from one mansion to the other was no undelightful prelude to our interviews.